My brother’s future in-laws looked me up and down at the rehearsal dinner like I didn’t belong there. Then they started bragging about their powerful family name. What they didn’t know was that the estate beneath their feet belonged to me. And one more insult was about to cost them everything…

” I said evenly. “The house, the gardens, the vineyard, the guest cottages, and the west lawn you intended to control.”

The silence that followed was so complete I could hear the grandfather clock ticking somewhere down the hallway.

Grace turned toward Owen, pale. “Is she serious?”

Owen looked miserable. “Yes.”

Patricia snapped toward her daughter. “You continue reading …